How to make Ambient Music (Udemy.com)
Ambient Music Composition & Production
Created by: Mikael Baggström
Last updated September 2025
What you will learn
- My Best Guidelines, Tips & Tricks on Ambient Music Composition
- The Sounds & Elements of Ambient Music
How it compares
Against the other 270 rated Udemy courses in Music on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.2 out of 5higher than 3% of them
- Reviews441#78 of 271 by number of reviews
- Length3.3 hoursshorter than 50% of them
- Last updatedSeptember 2025more recently than 64% of them
Course Description
YOU WILL LEARNThe Foundations of Ambient MusicThe Golden Guidelines of Ambient MusicThe Sounds & Colors of Ambient MusicYOU WILL GETMany Live ExamplesPractical AssignmentsBonus ResourcesYou will be able to create anything from magical atmospheres, to thrilling underscore moods, to dark and evil soundscapes.
MY STORY AND JOURNEYMy name is Mike, and I am a composer.
Just. Like. You. =)I started making music back in 1998. And I love to educate, motivate, and inspire creative people, like yourself.
NOW TAKE ACTION!
So take action now, and start your journey to become a master of ambient music composition. Lets begin your adventure, right now! =)Who this course is for:
Music ComposersMusic Producers
Instructor Details
- 4.2 Rating
441 Reviews
Mikael Baggström
Hey Friends! =)
- My name is Mike, and I am a Professional Music Composer and Sound Designer from Sweden, with experience of Making Music since 1998.
My Qualifications
I have run my own Media Production Business since 2004, which means Music/Sound/Video/Graphic Production. I also have a True Passion to teach, share and inspire creative people like youto master your creative skills, develop a successful strategy,and create your amazing future.
My Style
I believe that learning should be fun, and I love to bring my personality into my teaching style. I also try to make my courses dynamic, to be more interesting to you. So I mix it up by changing lecture forms etc.
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Reviews
By Heidi Bada on 12/13/2020
I always learn a lot from Mike's courses. I've done a few now, and this one gave me lots to work with as expected. It's mainly a relaxing hobby for me to operate synthesizers (recording on a Zoom H5) and occasionally I need music for something like a video, and want to create it myself. I know enough from this and other courses by Mike, that I feel confident when I quickly need to act as a composer. Ambient music seems easy to compose and I appreciated having a course to guide my efforts that were frustrating prior to finding this course.
By Luca Leonardi on 11/7/2020
Very cool course, like many courses from Mike are. As usual it's very short but that's because it goes straight to the point without wasting time and for what it is and for how specific it is.. it's kind of awesome.
Not giving 5 stars for some reasons:
1. it would be cool if alternative plugins woul dbe suggested inside the course since well... almost 100% of the plugins used are either super excpensive OR logic native.
2. since there are three types of ambient music in the course.. it would have been cool if at the end there would be a live compositiong for each style, not just one of them.
3. Mike seems to NEVER answer in the D&R section. I know he's very active on his forum beeing part of it.. but since I have to leave a review for this course well.. I guess people paying for this expect the teacher to be active in answering their questions in the D&R directly on Udemy.
By Joline Stewart on 10/11/2020
I absolutely love Mike's teaching...everything about it! It is exactly what I am looking for.
By Mike Jasic on 9/10/2020
Very good course, fine approach.
By Simone Bedetti on 8/20/2020
Simply Excellent. Accurate, clear, focused, dense, intense
By Ed West on 8/20/2020
There was a lot of good material and I learned a lot but there two major issues I had: (1) the instructor did not answer my questions (2) the last part - live creation demo - he did show us the details of the sounds he was using (opening the instrument and showing patches and settings) very often, and also he did a lot of the work on 2nd monitor which was not recorded. So the last part was not as useful as it could have been.
By Adrian Bedford on 8/9/2020
No, I didn't find this course a good match for what I wanted from it, I'm very sorry to say.
By Bhagya Kapoor on 8/8/2020
Outsdtanding explanation
By Al Chaviano on 7/24/2020
Showing how the voices are spread over the range, and visual examples.
By Nick Reyes on 7/22/2020
great experience so far, I'm excited to finish!
By Ibrahim Alp Demirta on 7/9/2020
Super
By Jonathan Lea on 7/4/2020
It was pretty good!
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Overall Score : 84 / 100










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